On the call were Chris DeChristofaro, Kate Kosturski, Paul Signorelli, Jill Hurst-Wahl, and Maurice Coleman. Chris is part of the Library Pros, who do a library/education podcast. {BTW the Library Pros recently interviewed Maurice on their podcast.}
We discussed LinkedIn’s Top 11 Challenges For Learning And Development In 2017: The LMS Game Plan To Succeed. The list is (we’ve focused on the ones highlighted):
- Having A Limited Budget
- Getting Employees To Make Time For Learning And Development
- Having A Small Learning And Development Team
- Demonstrating ROI
- Aligning To The Company’s Overall Strategy
- Building Employee Awareness Of Learning And Development Programs
- Getting Executive Buy-In
- Engaging Employees During Learning And Development Programs
- Lacking Data And Insights To Understand Which Solutions Are Effective
- Having Old Or Outdated Content
- Having Learning And Development Decentralized Within the Company
You can listen to the show here. Our last two episode for 2017 will record on December 8 (hosted by Kate) and December 22, both at 2 p.m. ET. Our first episode in 2018 will be on January 5 and then we’ll be recording (generally) every two weeks throughout the year.
Examples mentioned in during the show:
- Short videos , e.g., Helping All Trustees Succeed (HATS) Webinar Series
- Livestreams captured that can be used to learn about a topic, e.g., Poor People’s Campaign
- Library training livestreams captured for later use, e.g., Technology Information Forum
T is for Training 